Staple-set.



E. U. CARTER.

STAPLE SET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.20. 1m.

1, 1 1 9,807, Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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I erably formed of EBENEZER U. CARTER, OF RUSSELL, KANSAS.1

STAPLE-SET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed March 20, 1913. Serial No. 755,776.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBENEZER U. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Russell, in the county of Russell and S tate of Kansas,ihave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Staple-Sets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I I

My invention relates to staple sets, and more particularly to a device for holding staples while the latter are driven into a post, or the like, the principal object of the invention being to provide a set which may be applied to a post at other than a right angle to a wire which a staple carried in the set is adapted to overlie, in order that the legs of the staple may be set in different lon gitudinal planes of the post and thereby decrease the tendency to split the post by the setting of the staple. In accomplishing this object I provide the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illus trated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a staple set constructed according to my invention. Fig. II is a side view of the same, a part of the socket end of the set being broken away to illustrate the seat for the head of the staple. F ig. III is a rear View of same, also broken away to show the staple set. Fig. IV is an end view of the set. Fig. V shows the end of the set applied at different angles to a wire to illustrate the improvement. Fig. VI is an elevation of a post showing a wire held thereto by a staple, and illustrating the inclined position of the staple set with my improved device.

Referring more in detail to the parts: 11

designates the body of the set, which is prefsteel and slightly wedgeshaped, tapering from its base or socketed en In the base end of the body is a socket 2 of substantially semi-circular contour, of suflicient size to receive the head of an ordinary staple. Opening through the side of the body and into the socket 2 are recesses 3 for receiving the wire over which staples I are adapted to be applied by the set so that the heads of the staples may be driven tightly against the wire and the staple held I been driven to its within the set until it has full depth.

It is apparent that should the staplebe driven at right angles to the wire, as illustrated in the central View of Fig. V, a straight lateral recess would accommodate the wire, but unless the recess were of sub stantial width it would be impossible to drive the staple with the set, as the latter would be held by engagement with the wire.

In order that the irregular angles I bevel the edges of the body of the set toward the edges of the recesses, as illustrated, so that the set may seat over a wire at other than a right angle, as a verse recess of the same contour as the head a of the staple, the sides of the recess being beveled outwardly from the edge of the staple socket, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EBENEZER U. CARTER. Witnesses ALBERT FoxALL, EDWARD D. MILES.

staples may be driven at Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, I Washington, D. G. a 

